HAMLET (1937)

Vivien Leigh had been invited to join the Old Vic Company as Ophelia.

Written by: William Shakespeare

Directed: Tyrone Guthrie

Location: Kronborg Castle, Elsinore
The idea of setting "Hamlet" in Kronborg Castle came from the Danish State Tourist Board

Opened: June, 1937 (opening night performed at the Marienlist Hotel due to rain)

Cast: Vivien Leigh (Ophelia), Laurence Olivier (Hamlet), John Abbott, Anthony Quayle, and other actors

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Eleven years later (in 1948), Laurence Olivier filmed "Hamlet" without Vivien Leigh. Jean Simmons played Ophelia.

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